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CE Home > Infectious Disease/Control > What Infectious Diseases Can Providers Expect in Haiti?

What Infectious Diseases Can Providers Expect in Haiti?    
by Connie C. Chettle, RN, MS, MPH, CIC, COHN-S
CE590 l 1.00 hr

What Infectious Diseases Can Providers Expect in Haiti? - CE590  


        Price  ( Free )
Objectives:
The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information about some of the most common, but possibly unfamiliar, diseases in Haiti. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • List at least three reasons outbreaks of infectious disease may occur in post-earthquake Haiti.
  • Discuss the epidemiology and symptoms of typhoid fever, hepatitis E, lymphatic filariasis, leptospirosis and human rabies.
  • Explain what vaccines, medications and precautions are recommended for healthcare workers traveling to Haiti.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 2/5/2013


    Grant Provider:


This course has been brought to you by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future and Chamberlain College of Nursing and is a gift to the nursing community. It may be taken free of charge through August 8, 2010.



* While participation in this educational activity is free to you, participant lists shall be made available to the sponsor of this module. By proceeding, you are agreeing to allow this organization to receive your demographic or survey information. If you do not want your demographic or survey information to be released to the sponsoring organization, you can take this course for $ 10.00 by clicking here.




 
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